Microsoft D365 F&O PMA Functional Solution Architect
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real content. The posting includes many responsibilities, qualifications, etc. There's no explicit "Pay" or "Schedule" details beyond travel up to ~30% (that's schedule? maybe travel). There's no explicit pay amount; they say "competitive pay with performance-based bonus". That's pay info, but it's vague. The rule: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The posting says "We offer competitive pay with and performance-based bonus." That's a statement about pay, albeit vague but still states something. It's not placeholder like "competitive pay" is okay? It's not "not specified". It says competitive pay with performance-based bonus. That's actual content. So we can include Pay section with that sentence.
Benefits: they list medical, dental & vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement account, 401(k) plan with company match, generous paid time off, flexible and affordable benefits program. So we can include Benefits.
Schedule: they mention travel up to ~30% as needed. That's schedule/travel. Could be considered schedule. The posting says "Travel as client and business needs dictate (typically up to ~30%)". That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No Job ID.
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We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to capture responsibilities list, qualifications list, skills list (maybe "You’re great at…" is skills). Also "You’re great at…" could be Skills section. Also "Sound interesting? If so, you’ll have…" is Requirements/Qualifications. Actually they have "You’re great at…" (skills/abilities) and "Sound interesting? If so, you’ll have…" (requirements). Also earlier bullet points are responsibilities.
Thus sections: About the role (maybe intro paragraph), Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to decide which headings to use. The instructions: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose appropriate ones.
We have responsibilities list (the bullet points after "As a D365 F&O PMA Functional Solution Architect you can expect to…").
We have "You’re great at…" list (skills/abilities). That's Skills.
We have "Sound interesting? If so, you’ll have…" list (requirements/qualifications). That's Requirements or Qualifications. We'll use Requirements.
We have "The Perks We offer..." paragraph (benefits). That's Benefits.
We have pay sentence: "We offer competitive pay with and performance-based bonus." Actually there's a typo: "with and". We'll keep as is.
We have schedule/travel: "Travel as client and business needs dictate (typically up to ~30%)". That's schedule.
We also have an introductory sentence: "As a D365 F&O PMA Functional Solution Architect you can expect to…" followed by responsibilities. Could treat that as About the role? Actually the phrase "you can expect to…" leads into responsibilities. Could have an About the role paragraph summarizing role. But we already have responsibilities list. Might include a short paragraph about role before responsibilities. The instructions: do not repeat job title as heading. Could have an
for overview.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include the introductory sentence as prose maybe in About the role section.
Let's structure:
About the role
As a D365 F&O PMA Functional Solution Architect you can expect to…
Then responsibilities list as - ... each bullet.
But the introductory sentence ends with an ellipsis and then the responsibilities start. Could combine: maybe keep the sentence as part of About the role paragraph, then responsibilities list.
Thus:
About the role
As a D365 F&O PMA Functional Solution Architect you can expect to…
- Serve as the lead Functional Solution Architect (Sr. FSA) on complex, enterprise-scale D365 F&O implementations, owning overall functional architecture across multiple modules and workstreams but specifically with the PMA (Project Management & Accounting) module
...
Then Skills section:
Skills
- Mentoring junior technical resources both on-shore and off-shore
...
Then Requirements:
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field
...
Then Benefits:
Benefits
- competitive pay with performance-based bonus
- generous paid time off
- flexible and affordable benefits program including medical, dental & vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement account, and a 401(k) plan with a company match
- working alongside enthusiastic and energetic teammates in a dynamic and thriving environment
Pay
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to capture responsibilities list, qualifications list, skills list (maybe "You’re great at…" is skills). Also "You’re great at…" could be Skills section. Also "Sound interesting? If so, you’ll have…" is Requirements/Qualifications. Actually they have "You’re great at…" (skills/abilities) and "Sound interesting? If so, you’ll have…" (requirements). Also earlier bullet points are responsibilities. Thus sections: About the role (maybe intro paragraph), Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which headings to use. The instructions: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose appropriate ones. We have responsibilities list (the bullet points after "As a D365 F&O PMA Functional Solution Architect you can expect to…"). We have "You’re great at…" list (skills/abilities). That's Skills. We have "Sound interesting? If so, you’ll have…" list (requirements/qualifications). That's Requirements or Qualifications. We'll use Requirements. We have "The Perks We offer..." paragraph (benefits). That's Benefits. We have pay sentence: "We offer competitive pay with and performance-based bonus." Actually there's a typo: "with and". We'll keep as is. We have schedule/travel: "Travel as client and business needs dictate (typically up to ~30%)". That's schedule. We also have an introductory sentence: "As a D365 F&O PMA Functional Solution Architect you can expect to…" followed by responsibilities. Could treat that as About the role? Actually the phrase "you can expect to…" leads into responsibilities. Could have an About the role paragraph summarizing role. But we already have responsibilities list. Might include a short paragraph about role before responsibilities. The instructions: do not repeat job title as heading. Could have an
for overview. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include the introductory sentence as prose maybe in About the role section. Let's structure:
About the role
As a D365 F&O PMA Functional Solution Architect you can expect to…
Then responsibilities list as- ... each bullet.
But the introductory sentence ends with an ellipsis and then the responsibilities start. Could combine: maybe keep the sentence as part of About the role paragraph, then responsibilities list.
Thus:
About the role
As a D365 F&O PMA Functional Solution Architect you can expect to…
- Serve as the lead Functional Solution Architect (Sr. FSA) on complex, enterprise-scale D365 F&O implementations, owning overall functional architecture across multiple modules and workstreams but specifically with the PMA (Project Management & Accounting) module ...
Skills
- Mentoring junior technical resources both on-shore and off-shore ...
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field ...
Benefits
- competitive pay with performance-based bonus
- generous paid time off
- flexible and affordable benefits program including medical, dental & vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement account, and a 401(k) plan with a company match
- working alongside enthusiastic and energetic teammates in a dynamic and thriving environment Pay
- ... each bullet.
But the introductory sentence ends with an ellipsis and then the responsibilities start. Could combine: maybe keep the sentence as part of About the role paragraph, then responsibilities list.
Thus:
We offer competitive pay with performance-based bonus.
Benefits
- generous paid time off
- flexible and affordable benefits program including medical, dental & vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement account, and a 401(k) plan with a company match
- working alongside enthusiastic and energetic teammates in a dynamic and thriving environment
Schedule
Travel as client and business needs dictate (typically up to ~30%).
Now ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The responsibilities list includes many bullet points; we need to capture all. Let's extract them exactly. Responsibilities bullet points from text: - Serve as the lead Functional Solution Architect (Sr. FSA) on complex, enterprise-scale D365 F&O implementations, owning overall functional architecture across multiple modules and workstreams but specifically with the PMA (Project Management & Accounting) module - Act as a trusted advisor to client executives, translating business strategy into scalable, compliant, and future-ready D365 F&O solutions - Own and validate end-to-end functional solution design, ensuring alignment across finance, operations, integrations, data, security, and reporting - Lead and contribute to enterprise-level project estimation, including scope definition, delivery approach, resourcing strategy, risk identification, and commercial assumptions - Perform the Solution Advisory / Lead Architect role during the analysis and envisioning phases of D365 F&O programs - Direct and oversee Business Process Analysis (BPA), Solution Blueprint creation, and Fit/Gap analysis, ensuring recommendations align to industry best practices and Microsoft standards - Serve as the functional design authority throughout design, build, test, and deployment phases, guiding teams through complex decision-making and trade-offs - Establish and govern testing strategy and issue resolution processes, particularly across functional architecture, integrations, and cross-module dependencies - Review, validate, and formally sign off on functional specifications, test scripts, data migration strategies, and deployment plans - Ensure training and knowledge transfer strategies are comprehensive and position clients for long-term success, adoption, and self-sufficiency - Act as the senior escalation point for functional and solution-related issues during and after go-live, including hypercare and stabilization - Contribute to the evolution of HSO’s implementation methodology, standards, and accelerators as business paradigms and Microsoft capabilities evolve - Share best practices, lessons learned, and architectural guidance across projects and delivery teams - Mentor and guide FSAs, Senior Consultants, and Functional Consultants, raising overall delivery quality and consistency - Travel as client and business needs dictate (typically up to ~30%) Note: The travel bullet appears also in responsibilities; but we also have schedule section. Might duplicate. However we should not duplicate content. The travel appears both as a responsibility bullet and schedule. We need to preserve all substantive information; we could keep it only once. Since schedule section is separate, we could remove travel from responsibilities to avoid duplication. But the instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If we remove it from responsibilities, we lose that detail from responsibilities section. However we could keep it in responsibilities and also have schedule section referencing it; that would be duplication. Duplication is not prohibited explicitly, but they said remove duplicated lines. So we should avoid duplicated lines. So we should keep travel only once. Where does it belong? It's more about schedule/travel. So we can move it to Schedule section and remove from responsibilities list. Thus responsibilities list will exclude the travel bullet. Now Skills list: "You’re great at…" bullet points: - Mentoring junior technical resources both on-shore and off-shore - Articulating architectural options, trade-offs, and risks between different solution approaches - Providing senior leadership presence in consulting engagements and client relationships - Influencing without authority and driving alignment across large, matrixed organizations - Leading and collaborating with cross-functional and virtual teams - Balancing strategic thinking with executional rigor - Prioritizing effectively and communicating commitments clearly - Solving complex business and technical problems with pragmatic, scalable solutions - Coaching, mentoring, and developing junior architects and consultants - Learning new concepts, industries, and technologies quickly and thoroughly - Promoting the mission and Shared Values of our company Now Requirements list: "Sound interesting? If so, you’ll have…" bullet points: - Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field - CPA strongly preferred but not required at this time - 8+ years of combined experience delivering Microsoft D365 F&O / AX solutions, including architecting complex, enterprise-wide systems - 3+ full cycle implementations of the PMA module within Dynamics 365 F&O - Proven experience leading multi-phase, multi-country, enterprise-scale implementations - Deep experience across assessment, analysis, business case development, solution envisioning, planning, deployment, and benefits realization - Demonstrated ability to deliver measurable business value at the executive level - A strong track record of serving as the trusted voice at the decision-making table - Deep understanding of business operations, financial processes, and industry drivers, preferably within Financial Services, Public Sector, Media, or Life Sciences - Working knowledge of relevant ISV solutions, integrations, and ecosystem tools - Ability to move fluidly between executive-level architectural discussions and hands-on delivery leadership when required - Microsoft